The Color Of Love: A BWWM Billionaire Alpha Male Romance Read Online Free

already sitting before the stage
waiting for the action to begin. Sara, his personal assistant
whispered that everything was running on schedule and the
refreshments would be ready by the end of the set. Nodding and then
refocusing on the director’s words, he waited for the
presentation to begin.
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    Because she was
confident she could manage the twenty five meals herself, Victoria
didn’t hire any extra hands. She and Abby prepped the
vegetables and protein in the morning to give them time to cook
without rushing.
    The tiny cupcakes
were made the day prior and iced in the wee hours of the morning when
she could not sleep. They were red velvet and layered with cream
cheese. The top was sprinkled with cayenne pepper and shards of glass
like sugar, dotted with iridescent edible glitter. From what she
understood of the play, the characters were engaged in a flaming love
affair and equally heated internal battle. The red of the velvet cake
and spicy cayenne represented the heat of romance and the shards of
sugar glass represented the broken hearts they protected, while
testing the waters of forbidden love. Contained in small white paper
liners with printed skull and bones in pink, Victoria couldn’t
help thinking about the poison of love.
    Her last
relationship had ended miserably. Having met Timothy when she first
moved here, Victoria thought they were a match made in heaven. He was
average height, but wore a smile on his face that was larger than
life. He was a food artist like her, but left the culinary world to
become a bus driver. It bothered her that he would abandon his true
love and passion for a paycheck, but in the end he seemed happy so
she went along with his choice.
    They didn’t
live together but saw each other daily - mostly at her apartment. She
went to his apartment a total of two times. They didn’t stay,
he only collected his laptop quickly before they went off to her
place
    He was off on
Tuesdays and Victoria made a special effort to spend the day with
him. He decided to cook for her and they went to the grocery store
together. Picking out a choice filet of salmon while Timothy
discussed the best cut of bacon with the butcher behind the counter,
Victoria heard a small voice yell out, “Daddy!” At first
she didn’t look around but when Tim responded she had no
option. “Hi Brittany… what are you doing here?”
The girls pigtails, bounced up and down and her eyes sparkled as Tim
hesitantly picked her up. Staring at his own reflection, he kissed
her on the cheek, avoiding Victoria’s piercing gaze.
    All the blood in
Victoria’s body rushed to her brain and she instantly felt
violently ill. It was the next voice that took her to the pit of
astonishment. “Honey, what are you doing here? We thought you
went to work.” A woman who was slightly taller than him
sauntered over and plopped a kiss on his cheek. Timothy’s
response was as plastic and fake as the shopping bags the woman
carried.
    “I am helping
my friend shop for her business. This is Victoria. Victoria this my
wife, Cherry and my daughter Brittany.” The wife was either
blind or stupid. She didn’t seem to pick up that Victoria was
involved with her husband. A woman should pick up on these things
quickly.
    Who was Victoria to
judge? She didn’t even realize she was dating a married man. As
he avoided Victoria’s eyes, he continued to chit chat with the
pair. She was yet to close her mouth or respond to the introduction
or the sight before her. As Timothy delivered a parting kiss to his
family, the little girl waved and said, “It was nice to meet
you Victoria.”
    It was the butcher
clearing his throat that brought her to her senses, the uncomfortable
man didn’t know what to do with the bacon he held suspended in
mid air and stood waiting for instruction. Timothy walked back over
to her and cleared his throat. As she started to back away from the
man she thought she knew, Victoria tried to counsel herself. ‘Don’t
freak